When the heavy rain started, Tom and his family _______the area()
A.had left
B.leave
C.have left
D.will leave
A.had left
B.leave
C.have left
D.will leave
The rain was heavy and______the house was damaged.
A.consequently .
B.constantly
C.consistently
D.continuously
A.Vessel heels until water enters a hatch
B.Vessel in collision floods through a damaged area above the waterline
C.Vessel takes on water due to the hatches being left open in heavy rain
D.Vessel takes on water by the propeller shaft due to failure of the stern gland
This forecast states that winds will ______.
A.slow down at night
B.be from south to east
C.bring heavy rain on Sunday
D.be from a different direction on the coast than in the city
Which of the following cannot be known from the passage?
A.There is little water contained in the atmosphere even in a heavy rainstorm.
B.In some places there falls an amount of over 400 inches of rain every year.
C.Most water vapor comes from the Oceans all over the world.
D.The process of water returning to the atmosphere is called evaporation.
When wood is burnt, it heat and light, together with heavy smoke.
A.give up
B.sends up
C.sends away
D.sends out
The basic source of most water vapor is the ocean, evaporation, vapor transport, and precipitation (陈雨) make up the continuous movement of water from ocean to atmosphere to land and back to the sea. Rivers return water the sea. In an underground arc (弧) of the cycle, flowing bodies of water discharge some water directly into rivers and some directly to the sea.
What might have been discussed before this passage?
A.The ocean.
B.The earth.
C.The rainfall.
D.The atmosphere.
A.The discharge is slow due to the size of the cargo and all the cranes working together
B.The cargo discharge can be accomplished with controlled pendulation
C.The cargo discharge can be performed in port or at anchor
D.The cranes enable the handling of heavy cargos without shoreside assistance
If you miss Bruce and Robert, you can set your watch when Miss Mary Smith opens the door of the post office. You know it's seven fifty-five. She has five minutes to get ready for work—to put away her raincoat
and take off her hat and coat. Rain or shine, Miss Mary Smith brings raincoat. "You never can tell what the weather will be like when it's time to go home," she always says.
One after another the shops along Main Street open for the day. The clothes shop and the fruit shop get open for business. When Mr. King opens the bookshop, the clock above the shop strides nine.
But every weekday, people go to bed early in Fairfield. The streets are quiet, and the houses are dark when the big clock over the Farmers' Bookshop strikes tell o'clock. The small town is getting ready for tomorrow.
The post office starts its business at ______ every weekday.
A.7:00
B.7:55
C.0.333333
D.0.375
Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the Chinese were the first to use it in the eleventh century B. C.
We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by the king or by those in high office.
In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared, Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And a gain it was considered a symbol of power and authority. By 1680, the umbrella appeared in France, and later on in England.
By the 18th century the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrella have not changed much in style. during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas were made, in a whole variety of colors.
According to this passage, the umbrella was probably first invented ______.
A.in ancient China
B.in ancient Europe
C.in ancient Greece
D.in ancient Rome
【68】, as soon as the great man came up he got【69】his horse, saying, "I see you've had bad luck, friend. How good it is【70】I' m here just at the【71】time. "Then he took one【72】of the sack, the farmer, the other, and between them they lifted it on the horse. "Sir, "asked the farmer, "how can I pay you?"
"Easily enough, "the great man【73】. "Whenever you see【74】else in trouble,【75】the same for him.
(56)
A.how
B.what
C.which
D.whether